for more on this, we can speak now to libby hogan, an australian journalist with abc's asia pacific newsroomknowledge of laos and the south—east asia region. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. tell us more about the victims. what update do you have on those who sadly lost their lives and those who are in hospital? it their lives and those who are in “spite!”— in hospital? it has been an incredibly _ in hospital? it has been an incredibly sad _ in hospital? it has been an incredibly sad day - in hospital? it has been an incredibly sad day here - in hospital? it has been an incredibly sad day here in l incredibly sad day here in australia, as we got the news that bianca jones had died in hospital on the border of laos and thailand. she was on the trip of a lifetime, backpacking with her best mate, another 19—year—old woman who is also still fighting for her life in a different hospital in bangkok. what we know is that, last week, most women, as you mentioned, did have a drink that was laced with methanol. we still don't know exactly the details, as they are coming forward in the investigatio